Sacred place
Hii Shrine
Hii Shrine in Unnan, Shimane, an Engishiki shrine descending from the Hi no Yashiro of Izumo no Kuni Fudoki, on the Hii River associated with the eight-headed serpent.
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Izumo shrine in Unnan, Shimane, recorded in Fudoki and Engishiki along the Hii River of the Yamata no Orochi tradition.
Description
Hii Shrine in Kisuki-cho, Unnan, Shimane, stands on a terrace along the middle reaches of the Hii River. Izumo no Kuni Fudoki (733 CE) records two shrines called "Hi no Yashiro" in Ohara District, and these are understood to have been combined into the present Hii Shrine by the time Engishiki Jinmyocho (927 CE) was compiled. The shrine's setting on the Hii River links it to the Susanoo no Mikoto and Yamata no Orochi narrative of Kojiki (712 CE). The main deities are Susanoo no Mikoto, Inadahime no Mikoto (Kushinada-hime) and Itsu no Ohabari no Mikoto. Shrine tradition also notes a connection with the Miwa-yama cult at Omiwa Shrine in Nara. Through the medieval period the shrine served as a major shrine of Izumo's Ohara District, and it was elevated to district and prefectural rank in the Meiji era. The October reisai is the principal annual rite.
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